Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 11: The Vision of the Cosmic Form
Bhagavad Gita 11.39
वायुर्यमोऽग्निर्वरुणः शशाङ्कः
प्रजापतिस्त्वं प्रपितामहश्च ।
नमो नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्रकृत्वः
पुनश्च भूयोऽपि नमो नमस्ते ॥
vāyuryamo'gnirvaruṇaḥ śaśāṅkaḥ prajāpatistvaṃ prapitāmahaśca | namo namaste'stu sahasrakṛtvaḥ punaśca bhūyo'pi namo namaste ||
You are Vayu, Yama, Agni, Varuna, the moon, Prajapati, and the great-grandfather of all. Salutations to you a thousand times, and again and yet again, salutations to you!
Modern context
'Salutations to you a thousand times, and again and yet again.' Words fail, and Arjuna does what people have always done when words fail: he repeats a single gesture of reverence over and over. Repetition here is not empty ritual. It is what the heart does when it is too full to say anything new.